Oh - didn't I share all that microchip crap-ola with you when I brought Justine in? Yep, the European chips are not read by ANY scanner in the US -- the chips in the US are different - the scanner company will not sell anyone in the US a European scanner (Hans said he'd get me one if I really wanted it <g>) There are some kind of 'secured territories' - this company sells here, that company there - and never the twain shall share <g> to paraphrase a bit <g> Then I thought about it -- as long as we are in the US, she needed to be injected with a chip that the scanners HERE can read, so I had her re-done -- And now she has two chips - which someone pointed out to me, will make it easier for me to prove she is MY dog if I KNOW she has the TWO chips, where they are on her body, etc. The chip she got as a pup is on her left shoulder / neck area - the one she got here is between her shoulder blades on the back of her neck, low down almost on her back - Yep - gotta get those puppers re-chipped - and I don't know what Avid will do for you to register the new #s - Joan
Liz Gordon wrote: > Okay, now I'm reeeeeeaaly angry! I just found out, after importing three dogs > in the last six years, a Norfolk Terrier six years ago from Sweden and two > Cavaliers from Holland this last year that the microchips the foreign vets > implanted that allowed us to import them can NOT be read by the pet tracking > company, Avid, with whom I have had an account for these six years. (Really > long sentence.) > > It seems the numbers come encrypted and cannot be scanned or read by vets in > the States. I am not so angry about the wasted money spent changing address > information, etc. on my dogs over the years, or the cost of having them all > re-chipped, not to mention the discomfort it may cause them, but that if > something had happened, the process would have not helped and probably > hindered any search for them. I can't believe the Avid company did not tell > me this when I first called six years ago to register my first dog. Just > thought the list should know if you didn't already know. > Liz Gordon > Merrychase > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
